Confessions of and old Duranie

OK I have to type this tonight before I forget anything important! Duran Duran ROCKED tonight!! This was one of the best concerts I have ever been too! They played almost 2 hours did some new stuff, old stuff and stuff in between here are some: Girls on Film, Planet Earth, Notorious, Ordinary World, Wildboys, Hungry Like the Wolf, Save a Prayer, White Lines, Papa Was a Rolling Stone, Rio (BIG finale), Is There Something I Should Know, Reflex, and more... those I remember for now. There were newer songs I am not too familiar with but another one they did was Reach Out For the Sun - the single from 2004.

At the end, Simon introduced the whole band and it was really funny because when he went to introduce John Taylor he made the audience chant "Play the fucking bass John" - very funny!
What ever Nick was sick with recently was gone and he seemed fine tonight but he gave it to Simon. Le Bon was sicker than a dog but kept on singing, would occasionally cough and had to spit and blow his nose alot. Poor thing, he had some issues in the beginning with his mic and earpiece but seemed to work them out quickly.

Their cover of "White Lines" (by Grandmaster flash I think) was *BRILLIANT* and the joking between band memebers was warm and spontaneous too. At one point Simon made a comment about Andy Taylor that really showed they missed him, it was rather touching. Simon tripped over John and they both stopped to laugh - very fun, these are the things that I notice and get a kick out of and carry with me. They seem to really enjoy their music, working together and the fans too. ALOT, It's obvious they love being Duran Duran.

All in all the show was wonderful, I am so glad that we got the tickets. Unfortunately the place was nowhere near sold out so that must be a little disheartening for a group that used to play places like Madison Square Garden and such. But the show was great and I am so pumped with adrenaline I cannot sleep - hence this long rambling blog entry that is about to end abruptly.